Gaynor & Bass v. Arcadipane

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Gaynor & Bass v. Arcadipane

268 A.D.2d 296, 700 N.Y.S.2d 818, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 500

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedJanuary 18, 2000

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Gaynor & Bass v. Arcadipane, 268 A.D.2d 296, 700 N.Y.S.2d 818, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 500 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2000).

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—Order, Supreme Court, New York [297]*297County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered July 12, 1999, which, in this action to recover unpaid attorneys’ fees, granted defendant’s motion to vacate a default judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The motion court properly vacated the default judgment entered by the Clerk of the Court pursuant to CPLR 3215 (a) where two of the plaintiff’s causes of action were based on quantum meruit and, therefore, were not for a sum certain (see, Geer DuBois & Co. v Scott & Sons Co., 25 AD2d 423). Vacatur of the default judgment was also warranted on the ground that defendant had demonstrated both a reasonable excuse for its default and an adequate showing of merit (cf., Kellert v Mail Boxes, Etc., 248 AD2d 127). Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.

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—Order, Supreme Court, New York [297]*297County (Leland DeGrasse, J.), entered July 12, 1999, which, in this action to recover unpaid attorneys’ fees, granted defendant’s motion to vacate a default judgment, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The motion court properly vacated the default judgment entered by the Clerk of the Court pursuant to CPLR 3215 (a) where two of the plaintiff’s causes of action were based on quantum meruit and, therefore, were not for a sum certain (see, Geer DuBois & Co. v Scott & Sons Co., 25 AD2d 423). Vacatur of the default judgment was also warranted on the ground that defendant had demonstrated both a reasonable excuse for its default and an adequate showing of merit (cf., Kellert v Mail Boxes, Etc., 248 AD2d 127). Concur—Rosenberger, J. P., Ellerin, Wallach, Lerner and Andrias, JJ.

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268 A.D.2d 296, 700 N.Y.S.2d 818, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 500, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/gaynor-bass-v-arcadipane-nyappdiv-2000.

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